MINTZ REPORTS FROM THE MIDDLE OF IT. QUICK QUICK AS WINDS KICKED UP IN BROOFIELD FRIDAY, IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR THOUSANDS TO FEEL THE BLOW. TRAFFIC LIGHTS DARK AT GEBHART AND CALHOUN... WHICH MEANT LIGHTS OUT FOR LUNCH AT BROOKFIELD CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. NAT POP RENEE THAT KIND OF STOPS EVERYTHING, AT RENEE LANDRY'S BP, THEY WERE AT A STAND STILL....BLOCKING PUMPS AND TURNING CUSTOMERS AWAY. NATS WE HAVE NO POWER, OH YOU DON'T?, OH THAT'S WHY RENEE LANDRY WE CAN'T PUMP GAS, WE CAN'T RUN THE REGISTER, WE CAN'T DO REPAIRS. SO THESE WORKERS WENT TO PLAN B, A FLASHLIGHT.... NATS CAR WORK- CLIP 8839 WE ENERGIES SAYS THE OUTAGE HIT TWO THOUSAND CUSTOMERS AT IT'S PEAK EXTENDING TO NORTH OF CAPITOL. CLIP 8849 STAND UP HILLARY MINTZ THE WIND IS TO BLAME AND IT ALL STARTED RIGHT BEHIND ME HERE AT ROYALCREST AND CALHOUN, YOU CAN SEE THE POWER LINE DRAPED OVER THE STREET SIGN THIS SNAPPED TREE IS TO BLAME FOR THAT. AND IT REALLY PUT KARI KAFKAS AT PRECIOUS PAWS IN A PINCH. NATS CLIP 8854 ... NATS DOGS 13:06:16 KARI KAFKAS OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING WE USE IS ELECTRIC, SO WE HAVE SOME DOGS HERE THAT ARE STILL KINDA WET SO SHE PUT NELLY AND SADIE TOGETHER SO THEY WOULD STAY WARM, THEN CALLED THEIR OWNERS TO COME GET THEM. KARI THERE'S NO HEAT IN HERE NOW AND IT'S GETTING COLD SO AS CREWS WORKED OUTSIDE OF HER WINDOW, SHE HOPES THIS WINTER HAS THROWN ONE OF ITS LAST PUNCHES. IN BROOKFIELD, HILLARY MINTZ WISN 12 NEWS. WISN DOT COM AND OUR MOBILE APPS WILL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON THE WEATHER NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE. YOU CAN SEE THE FORECAST AND UPLOAD YOUR OWN WEATHER PICTURES